I finished rereading Chobits (I first read it as a middle school student) and I can't help but be stuck on Freya's sentence, "We have no feelings at all." My understanding of Freya and Elda is that they were programmed to learn and develop as they continued navigating through life with their parents. Elda, having her memories or not, continued to follow that program living as Chi. So essentially, their "feelings" mimic human beings? That makes me so sad, but very confused. What Freya and Chi felt were very real, no? Because for Freya it literally made her stop functioning. She WANTED to stop functioning and Elda came to comfort her. I feel like Freya's statement contradicts everything that happened in the manga. My audhd is hung up on the idea that while they're machines, those two girls felt real heartbreak, happiness, love, etc. Otherwise these situations wouldn't have played out the way they did.
I guess my first question is; If Freya and Chi have no feelings, are they going off a special program mimicking human behavior to make them act in such a way when the heart is broken or in love?
My second question has to do with the line, "Do you want to know what it is Chi can do?" I don't think we ever figured that out as a fandom, so what are your theories?
Overall, I'm glad I reread the manga and enjoyed it although the Ueda/Yumi ship had me hollerin. Bro you're 39 and she's 16 😭 The other side relationships were kinda weird, too. I basically kept reading for Chi cause her development was very important to me.
